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Parent topics
- U.S. Congress [r]: The legislature of the United States federal government, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate. [e]
- Upper house [r]: One of two chambers of a bicameral legislature. [e]
Subtopics
- Vice-President of the United States of America [r]: An official, elected by the Electoral College, who is first in line to succeed to the presidency or acting presidency in case of a vacancy in the presidency, and who is, ex officio, president of the U.S. Senate. [e]
Committees
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Senate Committee on Appropriations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs [r]: The committee of the U.S. Senate concerned with banks, financial institution, housing, and the funding of housing [e]
- U.S. Senate Committee on Budget [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Finance [r]: That committee of the United States Senate concerned with the way in which the U.S. government expends finances [e]
- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [r]: U.S. Senate committee responsible for foreign policy, oversight of foreign policy agencies, and diplomatic nominations and treaties [e]
- U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary [r]: Committee of the U.S. Senate with jurisdiction over the Judicial Branch and law enforcement in the Executive Branch [e]
- U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [r]: Oversees the United States intelligence community for the Senate, submitting legislation and reports on the proper conduct of the program; Dianne Feinstein is chair and Christopher Bond is Ranking Minority Member; the four highest Senate leaders, of both parties, are ex officio members [e]
- U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging [r]: Add brief definition or description
Political coalitions
- Democratic Leadership Council [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gang of Six [r]: A bipartisan group of six senators on the Senate Committee on Finance, who have put together a health care reform plan they believe can pass Congress [e]
- Moderate Dems Working Group [r]: A group of 16 Democrats in the U.S. Senate, who describe themselves as "moderate" but actually cover a fairly wide ideological range, with a goal of working with the Administration and tbe bipartisan Senate leadership to reduce posturing and get solution-oriented legislation passed [e]
Other related topics
- U.S. House of Representatives [r]: The lower house of the United States Congress. [e]
- Government of the United States of America [r]: Add brief definition or description
Bicameral coalitions
- Third Way [r]: Think tank of the moderate wing of the U.S. progressive movement [e]
Major issues
- Health care reform [r]: Rubric used for discussing major health policy creation or changes in governmental policy, that affects healthcare delivery in a given place. [e]
